alias

[ ey-lee-uhs ]

/ ˈeɪ li əs /

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noun, plural a·li·as·es.

a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name: The police files indicate that “Smith” is an alias for Simpson.

adverb

at another time; in another place; in other circumstances; otherwise. “Simpson alias Smith” means that Simpson in other circumstances has called himself Smith.

OTHER WORDS FOR alias

1 nom de guerre; nom de plume, pseudonym.

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Origin of alias

1525–35; <Latin aliās (adv.): at another time, otherwise; cf. else

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How to use alias in a sentence

Bary performs with his friends/crew who go by the following aliases: YASeeN ROSaY, ESA, EYEBS and KRAZED.
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He fancied himself a Marxist, lived in rooming houses under aliases and was a furtive, nasty man.
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His many aliases ranged from Ahmad Hamdy to PJ Tobacco to Robert Bacily, which is not so very different from Sam Bacile.
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Hubbard, who went under the aliases Larry David Barnes and Larry Lamar Ratcliff, moved to Florida in the early 1970s.
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He used several aliases such as “trainreqsuckswhat,” “anonygrrl” and “jaxjaguars911.”
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From under a succession of aliases he uncovered Gorman's real name.
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Yet we think we understand it all; these poets have a pretty way of hymning the virtues of their wives under divers aliases.
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Of all military airplanes there is none so fond of “aliases” as the high speed fighting machine.
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Why, Mathias is but his avowed name; he may be known by a dozen different aliases.
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Sin has many aliases and can swiftly shift its guise to gain a welcome into any company.
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British Dictionary definitions for alias

alias

/ (ˈeɪlɪəs) /

adverb

at another time or place known as or namedDylan, alias Zimmerman

noun plural -ases

an assumed name

Word Origin for alias

C16: from Latin aliās (adv) otherwise, at another time, from alius other

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